The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-28
IN ART .AnxiSe xBou rams
Th~ New vorh Me'ror,,itar Museums and
the Prop"sed P"rchn-- 81 the >sm-wb hat
Pro1,tscnaus ALBERT Gounil Collection,

| FAhiS, aug It-NturnlnR from my sum
NOR WANDERING To- nuininaiy empty Paris. the
ir1t thing hear II thai the Metropolitan
Museum Of New York II end.avnring to luy
The Albert doupil collection thu, HAT "mi.
nent Mncanas and nan oi exquisite taste.
MIR. Mnrluand. II NJ the head u the mn, 0.
ment: aud tint the list ~ hoing -oni around.
accompanied by descriptive circular, with u
view to collecting tl," sum Of lM,UlhM francs.
| or fgWWW necessary to purchase the COLLEGE
ton have before me copy ~ he circular. =
evidently the production ~ -oinr g,,- hnn and
ignorant pen and, Incredible ~ II a""us !
snnpose II mast b. true that the committee Of
the Metropolitan Museum II anxious t. buy
this Count collection. and thus d" on, more
foolish Thug i'u, why would The pur,n,-. ~
the Gouril collection Tor f2On.nOD bs u lnollsh
act2 For iwu rcils"n--hrst. bcr,use Il "
not worth half that sum nnd secondly lie.
"nhs~ u IL not such u collection as liz wanted
In II museum.
Tie lnte Albert Gouril. \ most agreeable
gentleman. II IN true. and u man Of tnste WA
NJ the same tinie m tnveternte amateur
| bMQn',ir. and his great amusement was tn ,la.
| ccive the experts anl get them to- ofTer MIN
| big prices for oljecia which he hnd hal m,dv
| IN. or. as the French say. "oLjpts TngnIs. For
| instance. the anonymous author ~ the Short
description OF the obiocts Of art colacted by
the late Mr.. Albert Goupil NJ Paris" which In
the title Of the circular referred to above.
| speaks Of antique Arabian glaSaes" and
"anser lamps Of historical value" Albert
| Guupil had dozen reui old aud undocornte,l
mosque Tampa. One day he asked the
famous glass worker. Brorart. u he could not
decorate one NJ these plain lamps with colorel
enafncls. Brmart trir |. but the old glass would
| not stand the firing and cracked all to piaaa
| Thereup"n Brorart proposed to make a finely
decorated mosque lamp for Albert Gnul,ii. 'and
| the offer was accepted and Brocart male the
| lamp In Persian style and "namellrd Il with
correct Persian designs. With his usual plny.
| fu!noss In such circun,s, ances Albert Go,,pil
| Invented wonderful story about the way In
which ia HANNA ,.,ssa.se,l NJ tLix ,r.m.ur.
which he at onco sn'hr"ned In snecinl glass
shawn n, all tho grant ,oil.c,,rs ,,a Ir,.rt
".''' NJ -, , WV W." ",o''.
G6rime. used to be hidden behnd n screen to
.,;,v IN. ot. n ,r,. I'm. ,h,, Oh. o,,nt,o,,
amateur s. offered $1,000 frames for this
sion tha, n I,s,,nvn, hal d.a,or NJ ,ho I,"o
joct. to the great delight Of Alher, Gouri who
rop'"teu win 'ml~rtnroah'e gravity the re-
run. hh"togr"ph OF II was sent 10 me from
the East and was bold enough to buy 1t
merely on si.ht OF the monogram without
having seen the object ITSELF. J'dt I'D dssrz
Now remark ,., that Albert donn'l w"s simply
HIM for an ohsc, wri.h hs nav vas ,nn,,s,o,
i" the East, but a, AND which, U." n.
In microscopic characters the nnme and mark
~ Tho ,,a,nr n.n.ar, mi ur ,oh ",., H., .,a,,,s
heriIed the Alter, cionpil collection. and who
will Of course never ,hnk Of calling tho nren.
.i"n Of Mr. M. , an Of the sm'ss~rlrs Of
'ne ne.r"'"'nnh M.se"h 10 inc s'nri"'sness
q tlis LAM. ~ Gerone w"nid rather continue
The other hand. Il the Metrnpnlilan Museum
buy the Uounll co.irctio on that single as.
count. Br'malt WI make one aud send In an
"rs ni the article furni-hsi and no e one viii be-
deceived.
The propaganda circular speaks Of case
case q m,aihins anL the d II. lrS.sel In
the exhibition ~ the Trn.ai.r" IN "a One Of
white lid dress. i"Iioe like i.sniy la"s @" n
worn Ivy Essex when lehe..i"l" A more tx
net Ies;rir,inn o! this c"stmme would be- ~
cations oil white leather" Another c,,sl ume
which the circular docs not mention. IL n p,ir-
lOlnt or Inuuetie which Is suppose to have
belonged 70 Charles Of bl"ls; II II made OF
Italian silk, embr',i,lereI with gold. In com
par ,ments containing figures Of lions and
en.les. Qucherat mentions this costume in
bis uSfoTc II" tosl""e n. Fn"rr. y 23l, anil
Il formerly belonged to an anna eur Of
Tours Wien Qu.cherat saw ii. This pour
point l. perhaps thennly truly genuine piece. In
the Albert Gnupil collection. for this Ingenious
an iteur IL known to have largely e,npIoyeI
very cle'e a,st who n,n!lr The fine eos
tunes painted by Louis Lrlnir and who ~ III
works for all the costume painters nj Paris.
and especially Tor distinguished anntrur. the
C"mte Aniri MuiSzeri tina nephew ~ the
great Bnlzac. This man. whose name and nd.
u sSs 20 sl,i give II IL did not appear Ikea
free hivori issinent. is u veritnblt artist. His
cat H. irrerrhrhmbI,. the str he uses are
old: thu buttons ar old: the lining Ia old the
very thrrR Is old. aud the whole cn-i ume cor
responds exactly will the repr,'sentniio Ions seen
IN old enGravingA.
AZ for Al err Goupi's siNteenfh century dolls. !
knowing penrle In Tart wrr,. never d 'ceived
by them they come from Rome an.I II The
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